Oh the Historical Irony

Another cool example of why I'm enjoying Americana by Bhu Srivivasan so much:

In 1824 Gibbons vs Ogden was decided by the Supreme Court in the aging Gibbon's favor. Gibbons vs Ogden went on to become the landmark case affirming that only the federal government had the right to regulate interstate commerce. Waterways and roads connecting states all fell within the framework, as ruled by the court: The era of monopoly grants was over. Indeed, it fell upon the native Southerner Gibbons, a plantation owner from Savannah, to affirm the superiority of federal rights over the states' rights in matters of interstate commerce.